Wrath of the Righteous for Paladins (Inactive)

Game Master trawets71

Once he is up he can still do that. It certainly beats Dadna trying to climb up with her short little legs

Has to wait a round, though - standard to activate the scale plus move action to levitate. Next round can be move action to retrieve rope, standard to tie it off.

Fley moves up and stabs the beast multiple times but it still stands. Anton attacks the beast on him but can't get through it's thick hide. The beast bites his exposed arm after his swing. Anton, FLey and Ian are again engulfed in a fireball.

Glaive: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13 Damage: 1d10 + 17 ⇒ (8) + 17 = 25
Glaive: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13 Damage: 1d10 + 17 ⇒ (6) + 17 = 23

Bite: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25 Damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9
Gore: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15 Damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

Anton ref: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15
Anton ref: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21

Fireball DC 17: 8d6 ⇒ (2, 6, 4, 2, 3, 4, 1, 5) = 27

Round 3
Party Up

R-60
O-44
B-21
G-24
I-15

Ardriel pulls a rope out of his pack and then ties it off for Dadna and Leothar to hopefully be able to climb up and go help Ian, Anton, and Fley.

Move action: retrieve rope. Standard action, tie it off.

Taking 10 to climb the rope

Dadna nodded to Leothar as he helped her up the rope, grateful that the (giant) dwarf was there to assist her in getting up.

is the fireball hitting the beast as well?
reflex: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14

Seeing Ardriel rising above the rubble, Ian points in the general of the caster. Calling out, "Someone over there is throwing fireballs at us." Focused more on pointing out the caster, Ian engulfed in flames fails to dodge the blast. Lifting his blackened longsword he slashes at the blue beast repeatedly.

Full attack: + 1 evil outsider bane longsword, WF, PAM
attack: 1d20 + 10 + 1 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 10 + 1 + 1 - 2 = 25 for damage: 1d8 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 6 = 12
attack: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 1 + 1 - 2 = 7 for damage: 1d8 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 6 = 12

Leothar is unsure if the rope will hold his weight, so he tries to climb the pile of rocks.

Climb, Enlarged, ACP: 1d20 + 4 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (7) + 4 + 1 - 5 = 7

Climb: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (16) - 1 = 15

Without a rope readily available to climb, Dadna did her best to climb and claw her way to the top.

Reflex: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

At 26/66 hp

The fireball nearly sears off Fley's moustache. "You're gonna pay for that!"

The tiny gnome continues to pummel the large creature in front of him.

"Take... that... and... that..."

TWF, ITWF, negative level, +4 to attack and damage vs evil outsider/undead.

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+1 Kukri: 1d20 + 10 - 1 ⇒ (18) + 10 - 1 = 27
crit?: 1d20 + 10 - 1 ⇒ (16) + 10 - 1 = 25
damage: 1d3 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
crit damage: 1d3 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

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Cold Iron Kukri: 1d20 + 9 - 1 ⇒ (10) + 9 - 1 = 18
damage: 1d3 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

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+1 Kukri: 1d20 + 5 - 1 ⇒ (14) + 5 - 1 = 18
damage: 1d3 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

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Cold Iron Kukri: 1d20 + 4 - 1 ⇒ (15) + 4 - 1 = 18
damage: 1d3 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Ian stabs the beast and distracts it while while slashes it repeatedly until it drops to the ground dead. Dadna manages to climb to the top of the pile. She sees a tiefling off to her left and the last beast fighting Anton. Leothar is unable to get up the rubble, his increased weight causing the rubble to tumble down as he tries to step forward. Ardriel can see a figure to his left and what he guesses is the last beast fighting someone.

Anton swings at the beast again and his second swing drops it to the ground.

As soon as the beasts falls another fireball falls among the three paladins on the east side.

Glaive: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12 Damage: 1d10 + 17 ⇒ (3) + 17 = 20
Glaive: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16 Damage: 1d10 + 17 ⇒ (7) + 17 = 24

Fireball DC 17: 8d6 ⇒ (3, 1, 6, 5, 2, 2, 6, 3) = 28

Anton Reflex: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16

Round 4
Party

B-59
G-48
I-15

Leothar tries again to climb the rubble!

Climb: 1d20 + 4 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (17) + 4 + 1 - 5 = 17

reflex: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25

Relieved to see the last of the monstrous bull looking creatures go down, Ian sheaths his sword just as the next fireball explodes around them. Relieved that his armor took the brunt of it, he began moving both away from his friends and towards the bridge hoping for cover from the fireball caster. Telling the others, 'We need to move apart so one fireball won't end all of us."

Pausing he realized he didn't hear combat coming from the other side, he calls out loudly, hoping the other team could hear him. "There is a caster up on the rubble somewhere. Be careful their using fireballs!"

Running

Dadna broke off into a run, heading for the doors that could get her onto the wall. She hugged the walls as she did so, hoping that doing so would make it harder for anyone on the walls themselves to make her into a target.

Ardriel sees the spellcaster, so he takes aim and holds it, waiting to fire until the caster starts casting another spell.

Readied attack if the caster begins casting a spell.

Readied Attack: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23
Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Reflex vs Fireball: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24

Which puts me at 12/66 hp.

Fley dashes away from Ian, trying to keep his distance. He'll quickly touch himself and heal some of the scorch marks all over his body.

LOH: 3d6 ⇒ (2, 6, 2) = 10

At 22/66 hp now.

Dadna, the bridge is a pile of rubble, which you are on top of, there are no more walls or anything of the sort. The caster is down and to your left. It will be a DC 10 climb check to move down the rubble safely.

Ardriel takes aim at the creature casting the spells waiting for him to cast another. Fley moves away and heals himself. Anton moves up to the edge of the rubble.

The creature begins to cast again and Ardriel unleashes his arrow, unfortunately in the darkness he misses him.

Another fireball explodes among the paladins on the east side as they were not quite far enough apart.

Ardriel Miss chance, low misses 20%: 1d100 ⇒ 1

Fireball Damage DC 17: 8d6 ⇒ (1, 3, 4, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2) = 15

Anton Save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26

Round 5
Party Up (Dadna can act for round 4 as well)

I-15

Climb Round 4: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (4) - 1 = 3

Climb Round 5: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0

Sad noises. Could you move Dadna to where she should be, and will there be fall damage?

Leothar descends the rubble on the other side, closing with the enemy caster. He will go right up to him, so that he cannot just 5' step and cast.

Climb: 1d20 + 4 - 5 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 4 - 5 + 1 = 14

"No more!"
SMITE EVIL!

He strikes at the caster.
Attack, Negative Level, PA, Smite: 1d20 + 14 - 1 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 14 - 1 - 2 + 2 = 25
Damage, PA, Smite: 2d6 + 9 + 9 + 6 ⇒ (1, 3) + 9 + 9 + 6 = 28

reflex: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

The fireball scorching through his armor, Ian, Having gotten closer to the rubble, arduously takes off his shield. Once he's stored the shield he flexes his weakened left hand then begins to climb the rubble so he can get eyes on the caster.

move action: remove shield, move action: climb
climb: 1d20 - 5 ⇒ (12) - 5 = 7

Dadna tries to move toward the tiefling but makes no progress. Leothar steps down next to the tiefling and smashes him with Radiance. Ian tries to ascend the rubble but can't.

Round 5
Ardriel and Fley Up

I-43

Reflex: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19

Currently at 14/66 hp

Fley moves then sheathes his weapons in hopes to climb.

Ardriel again prepares to shoot the Tiefling if he casts a spell.

Readied Attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13
Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Miss Chance 1-20: 1d100 ⇒ 87

Seeing the large dwarf next to him and bleeding from his wounds the tiefling points a wand at himself and disappears.

Round Six
Party UP

I-43

Climb: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (3) - 1 = 2

"Oh...come on!" Dadna exclaimed as she once again failed to make any traction. It was readily apparent that climbing was not her forte.

From Ian's vantage point can he see anything?

Hearing the sound of combat, Ian determines that he needs to find lighter armor or grow wings. Stepping back, he looks at the crumpled bridge trying to plot the best course to climb. Clarity striking him, he draws out the cloud walking scale using its magic. As he begins to rise, he attempts to keep himself near the rubble, so he has a place to land at the top.

I have no idea of this will work...

Are Leothar and the Tiefling still on the rubble? Hoping that it would prevent a 5' step.

Leothar strikes where he last saw the Tiefling.
Attack: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (16) + 13 = 29
Damage: 2d6 + 24 ⇒ (2, 1) + 24 = 27
01-50 miss: 1d100 ⇒ 27

Iterative: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25
Damage: 2d6 + 24 ⇒ (1, 5) + 24 = 30
01-50 miss: 1d100 ⇒ 34

"He's right around here! Can anyone make him visible?"

Dadna continues to have trouble coming safely down the rubble. Ian looks around and sees nothing he then gets out his scale and activates it and hovers slightly off the ground. Leothar swings at where the tiefling was but connects with no one.

Round 6
Ardriel and Fley Up

I-43

Anywhere on the map that was bridge is now rubble and difficult terrain.

Climb: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (18) + 0 = 18

Fley scrambles up the rubble, to the best of his abilities. He stands by Leothar. "See where the tiefling went?"

Ardriel tries to see what spell the Tiefling cast.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14

Ardriel scans the area, looking and listening for any signs of the Tiefling.

Perception: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Fley nimbly scurries up the rubble and talks to Leothar. Ardriel saw what looked like a wand be used but the dim light prevented him from seeing exactly what spell was cast.

As Adriel looks about he spots a small glowing dot as it explodes just behind Anoton into another fireball catching Leothar, Fley and Anton. It come from somewhere east of the bridge rubble.

Fireball Damage DC 17: 8d6 ⇒ (4, 6, 3, 2, 5, 2, 6, 2) = 30

Round 7
Party Up

I-43

Reflex, negative level, Enlarged, vs spell: 1d20 + 5 - 1 - 1 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 5 - 1 - 1 + 3 = 23

Is the enemy visible again after casting Fireball?

Leothar moves down off the rubble.
Climb: 1d20 + 5 - 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 - 5 = 20

If he can see the caster he will use Fleet Charge to close the distance and a standard for another attack.

If he cannot see the caster, he will heal Fley (since Fley is now negative whether or not he saves).

After being engulphed in flames, Leothar moves down the rubble. If your movement is now 50', that is a double move as climb is at 1/4 speed Leothar looks around but fails to spot the tiefling with his darkvision. Beyond darkvision range there are many possibilities as there are boulders all over, any one of them could be a creature.

"He didn't go invisible. He teleported. I guess we have to outlast his Fireballs."

Leothar uses Lay on Hands to heal himself.

LoH: 3d6 ⇒ (2, 1, 5) = 8

"Dadna, can you heal Fley?"

Perception: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Having no luck at all with climbing, Dadna stopped and put her full attention into trying to find the hidden spellcaster. To no avail, as she was left dumbfounded by it's ability to snipe them unseen. "If we survive this, we really need to figure out a way to handle heretics like this!"

"That came from the east!" From his elevated position Ian looks towards where the fireball came from trying to see the caster.

you mentioned beyond darkvision range, don't know what the reference was, but Ian does not have darkvision if it matters. Does he see anything?
perception: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2 lol

Reflex, negative level: 1d20 + 9 - 1 ⇒ (6) + 9 - 1 = 14

That'll put Fley at -16 hp. Due to Hard to Kill, automatically stabilize and won't die until he reaches -18 hp.

Fley lets out a gasp as he falls to the ground, burn marks all over his body.

"That came from the east!" From his elevated position Ian looks towards where the fireball came from trying to see the caster.

you mentioned beyond darkvision range, don't know what the reference was, but Ian does not have darkvision if it matters. Does he see anything?

Ardriel knows it came from the east not Ian.

The reference is that it is dark; for those without darkvision or beyond darkvision range, for those that do have it, it is nothing but shadows and any of the larger shadows could be the tiefling.

”Man down! We need to get him out of here and fall back!” Dadna called out. She ran over to the fallen gnome, ready to heal him. ”If we can’t see him, then we’ll just be picked off.”

LoH Fley: 3d6 ⇒ (5, 2, 2) = 9

"If we're going to fall back, go! I'll provide some covering fire."

Ardriel waits for the next fireball, then prepares to fire an arrow in that direction.

I figure I can ready an attack to shoot at the origin point of the fireball. There's a 50% miss chance from concealment, but I might get lucky.

Readied Attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
Miss Chance 1-50: 1d100 ⇒ 18

Ardriel waits patiently for the next fireball to come in arrow at the ready. Dadna heals Fley bringing him closer to consciousness. Leothar stands lookout at the bottom of the pile, while Ian looks from further south. The fireball doesn't come.

Leothar scowls.
"The tiefling might be out of Fireballs for now, but I don't know where they went."

He smashes a piece of bridge rubble out of frustration.
"I couldn't stop them from escaping again with that wand. Have to make a point of grabbing it if we catch them again."

What time is it?
If the Tiefling is a sorcerer, they will need to rest to prepare spells again.

And if a cleric, the recent casting limit will count against their daily spells even if they don't need rest and just prepare spells at midnight or whatever.

So that gives us a window before they can Fireball us again.

"We could try to move our army across the gap in the next few hours, or we could try to hunt down the tiefling while they are low on spells."

”The bridge is broken. Fley is unconscious. We have an invisible foe who might well be listening to us and our plans. Let us fall back, heal our wounds, and figure out the best course of action.” Dadna said as she picked up her gnomish friend.

Watching the chief smash the rubble in frustration, Ian certainly understood. The battle had not gone as planned, the bridge was destroyed, an enemy survived to report of their attempt and Fley was seriously wounded. He didn't know if it was better to continue to press onwards or to regroup. Not sure who to agree with he looked towards where Ardriel waited ready with his bow. "Ardriel, What do you think?"

As he waited for their elder member to share an opinion, he began to release the levitation so he could aid Dadna in getting up the cliffside.

"He didn't go invisible. He teleported. Only way he could have gotten that far away that fast.
Let's heal Fley right here and now, whatever we decide to do next."

Leothar looks at the pile of rubble with some trepidation. He really does not want to try climbing it again.

Arriving back in camp, Dadna felt defeated. Anton had died, the bridge had been destroyed, and it would take a few days to build a ramp. It was proof that in war there would be casualties and that no plan went perfectly. She wanted to have a funeral for the brave Paladin, but the army required their attention. Such formalities would have to wait, all that she could do at the moment was pray for his soul.

To her companions, she said ”That was a disaster. We are fortunate that it did not go even worse. It shows me that we need a way to deal with invisible foes. Does anyone have any ideas?”

Leothar shrugs.
"It didn't go well, but they had a defensive position and were prepared to take out the bridge. We are not a very stealthy group. At least we all came back in one piece."

If pressed on it, he is legitimately completely unaware that this 'Anton' person had ever existed.
I f'n hate being ghosted. And we know nothing bad has happened to the player - they are still posting in other games.

"But our foe did not turn invisible. He teleported.
He and I were both on the rubble of the bridge.
I had him dead to rights. He pulled out a wand, and then just a few seconds later he blasted us with another Fireball from beyond the range of my Darkvision!
If he were moving invisibly down the rubble, he wouldn't have been able to get that far that fast.
Yes, I saw him vanish and so I thought he had gone invisible.
But when he suddenly hit us from so far away just a few seconds later, I realized I was wrong."

"If I had grabbed him... no, he still could have escaped with a wand of teleportation. Our best chance would have been for everyone to hit him hard at once, but the rubble hindered our movement.
I can't sprout wings, sad to say.
Let us all prepare spells to resist fire in the future."

"Granted, other foes might go invisible, and it is good to be able to deal with that."
My suggestion would be someone who can cast Faerie Fire such as a Sacred Servant with the Light subdomain, or Legendary Item spellcasting for Faerie Fire, See Invisibility, and/or Invisibility Purge.

"As to our next steps, even without the bridge, we should be able to move our army across without taking days to build ramps.
We have two scales of Terendelev that possess the power of levitation. Our army is but 100 souls, is it not?
We'll get across to establish a beachhead and then bring the army along."

Each scale can cast Levitate 3/day, with a duration of 19 minutes for each use and a limit of 1900 lbs. Say that is a 200-lb lift (strong wooden platform with railings along the sides) and maybe eight soldiers at a time. Levitate moves 20' per round. If the bridge had been 40' above the riverbed, that is four rounds to move the lift up 40' and down 40'. Add a round for each group to embark and disembark. That is six rounds to move eight soldiers. The whole army in 72 rounds (7.2 minutes). Even if the bridge was somewhat higher, that is still well within our capabilities.

The Scales are a game-changer. If our army were 5,000 strong, then building ramps might make sense, but in this case I don't see why that would be the assumption. 100 people is not that many to move with the Scales.

Shocked from the developments at the bridge, Ian walks along listening to the two wise dwarves speak. As the chief explains how the combat turned on the creature's ability to teleport, Ian chuckles to himself, wishing he could sprout wings. Shaking his head, "Resist fire, see invisible creatures, find enemies that have teleported; My strongest asset is light and it barely penetrates some of the darkness we've found."

Breathing a sigh, "But your right we must continue. I think using the scales is a good idea. Whether we use platforms as elevators going down into the ravine and then up or as floating Ferrys, I think either would work." He points towards the paladin cavalry. "We will need to figure in the weight of the horses." He looks back towards the fallen bridge. "And once were across the ravine they will not be able to retreat."

What time of day is it?
Looking at the troops, he turns and asks Leothar, "Chief, should we have them start building the platforms tonight, or wait until the morning?"

weren't there towers of some sort that may impeed our attack? Were they something we wanted to deal with before we sent the troops over?

"Ah. The horses. Right.
Well, I guess building ramps it is, then."

A heavy horse is between 1,000 and 1,500 lbs by itself, not even counting the platform or barding and tack. I don't think Levitate is going to work after all.

Leothar looks despondent. "I guess we make camp and start in the morning."

With the collapse of the bridge and the defenders driven off or dead, the heroes move back to camp to lick their wounds. When their advisors hear of the developments they begin the plan to build ramps using the rubble for the armies to move over.

Anvenn and Aron move over the riverbed and begin scouting early the next morning while the armies begin the rebuilding effort. Around noon the scouts return to report. Aron says "The curtain walls of the citadel contain 3 armies; dretches, tieflings and cultists. The curtain walls still have some of their defenses on them and moving the armies inside will be more dangerous. Anvenn has more details on that." Anvenn then steps up and says "The citadel was built with 7 towers in the curtain walls containing 1 catapult each. Each is 40 feet high. Luckily only 4 are left and they have some presence on top. Each will need to be destroyed before the armies move to engage the enemy forces inside the curtain wall."

”We can do this…” Dadna said, thoughtfully. ”Are any of the towers accessible with cover enough to get close? If so we should start with that one. The question really is whether we can take them before the alarms are raised on the others.” She knew that when the fortress was made the answer would have been a hard no, but with demons occupying it? There was the chance that they would be lacking enough to let such a situation persist.